Filling shoe, a filling shoe arrangement having such a filling shoe, a filter medium assembly having such filling shoe arrangements, and a method for providing a filter medium with such a filling shoe

A filling shoe attachable to a filter medium of a horizontal filter press, said filling shoe comprising:

• a body having a semi-circular end, a straight end and two lateral sides extending between the semi-circular end and the straight end, the body further defining a filter plate side and a filter chamber side;
• a slurry opening, wherein the slurry opening is circular, the slurry opening extending between said filter plate side and said filter chamber side;
• on the filter plate side, a flange surrounding the slurry opening, wherein the flange is elevated from the rest of the filter plate side of the body, the flange having at least one annular sealing member protruding axially with respect to the slurry opening;
• an annular groove situated betweem the flange and the rest of the body and extending radially towards the slurry opening, said annular groove being arranged for receiving a filter medium, wherein
• an outer edge of the body having a bevel towards the filter plate side on at least the semi-circular end and the two lateral sides, and wherein
• an outer edge of the flange is also provided with a bevel, the flange being further dimensioned such that the bevel towards the filter plate side on the outer edge of the body at least at the semi-circular end and the two lateral sides and the bevel on the outer edge of the flange form a substantially continuous bevel on at least on the semi-circular end, characterized in that
• the filling shoe is formed as a single uniform piece of elastomer, and in that
• a pin hole being provided so as to extend through the flange and at least up to the rest of the body, the pin hole being located on the flange at a position corresponding to the annular groove.